Crafing Goods

Did you know that if you download the Michaels and Jo-Ann apps on your iPhone, you have immediate access to coupons that you can use at the cashier? AND... Did you know you can use both coupons at either store?!?

Since I discovered this during the wedding rush last year, I've paid many more visits to Michaels more than needed! I can't believe I'm saying this, but I actually think my trips to Michaels have outweighed my trips to Target!!

It doesn't help that they keep adding the most cutest things ever to their dollar bins that is BAM! in front of your face right when you walk into the store! Most of these knick knacks are stationary, mini picture frames, stamps, and everything else you can imagine... things that if you don't see yourself using right away, you can easily store it away in your craft station til the time comes.

In spirit of the new direction I'm heading with this bloggy blog next week (if you missed out, read here about Blogiversary shinnanigans), I snagged some fun cute doo-dads to play around with!

So.... you headed to Michaels?? Because I sho am later on today!

Happy Friday!!

Happy Friday to you ALL!! So first thing is first... YES, I was supposed to post some of my official wedding pictures yesterday, but read on to hear about my why I failed!

Moving and grooving' (as my Bootcamp goooorl would say!), here are 5 of my fave things from this past week! Linking up with Lauren at From My Grey Desk, let's celebrate with a High Five for Friday!

:: one ::

I witnessed some gnarly sunsets this past week, and made me want to stay outside for all of night!!

:: two ::

 I participated in my first ever VLOG with Lindsay at Trial by Sapphire and Ashley at 5ohWifey for The Girl Behind the Blog series. Thank you ALL so much for your sweet comments... you gave me great confidence to partake in another vlog session... of course after some time has passed! If you missed out on that vlog, you can peep game out here.

:: three ::

I got some pics of my 5 month old cutie patootie nephew who now knows how to sit up all by himself!

:: four ::

My family is here for the weekend, and the weather is fantastic!! Which means lots of outdoor hiking for us, possibly floating the river, and lots of laughs from the gut!! I am OOBERLY excited to be present this weekend ;)

:: five ::

As you probably have read by now, I got our wedding pictures in the mail! YAYYYYY!!! I had THE hardest time choosing photos to share with you all from the wedding, so I decided not to post at all yesterday. I promise it was overwhelming for me and took for half my day to work through it. Well, I really didn't work "through" anything since they never were posted. But long story longer (sorry), I decided to break up the wedding pictures throughout next week, opposed to sharing the 55 flicks I narrowed down from the 722 total pics in one post! Anyhoots, great news is I now have the pictures, and here's one of my fave!

Courtesy of Hawaiiana Photography

Don't forget to link up with Lauren, and share your favorite 5 things from this past week!

Small Kine Wedding Show & Tell

Hey there my lovies! I know you are all anxious to see some wedding flicks, but I'm still sorting through the ones we took on our own camera (over 1,000 can be overwhelming)... and still waiting to get our official-dicial pics back! BUT, I have a few ("small kine" as the locals would say)  I thought I can share with you today!

WARNING... the quality isn't the greatest, but it's from my handy dandy iPhone :)

I la la LOVE these girls... they helped calm my nerves down that day, and made me feel "normal" the entire time I was stressed. Best sisters I can ever ask for!

Bridesmaids and Flower Girl

My Dad and I walking down THE aisle. Man oh man was I glad HE walked me down that path... my Dad kept me calm each step that my heels dug into the grass!

Pops and I

I know it's a horrific shot being that the ribbon is covering my head, BUT you get the gist of the picture, right? Holding hands in matrimony... best feeling of my entire life.

THE moment

Hope the sneak peak can hold you off a bit longer while I gather my pictures together. Until then, I'll continue to share what I can in this bloggy blog world. Happy Tuesday folks!

Hooray..Hooray...It's FRIDAYYY!!

TGIF!! Last working day before we peace out to Maui, and I am oh so excited!! But FIRST, we must kick this morning off with a High Five for Friday link up with Lauren at From My Grey Desk!

Top five fave things of the week are....

:: one ::

My cousin Kyle graduated form high school on Wednesday! WOOP!! I'm so excited and proud of him!! It's been one long journey through his high school years, but he pulled through with a diploma and a smile on his face!! AND our cousin Coco graduated too! Same school, same class, same coolness!

:: two ::

Got my Birchbox for the month, and what a perfect start to packing for the trip!! The them is Jet Set, and got tons of goodies in there to help prepare me for the sun and some!

:: three ::

My Bestie of all America sent me THE gift I've been awaiting for all my life!!! Feast your eyeballs on this!! Can't wait to buy all the different flavors in the world and brew coffee whenever I want to!! In either my spiffy new coffee pot from my SIL, or a single cup from the nice Keurig my Bestie best bought me!!

:: four ::

Oregon State University is having their commencement ceremony this Sunday. AND they are ooberly lucky to have the First Lady come speak! The good thing about working in the Football office is this view!! Amazing how much time and effort is put into the ceremony!

:: five :: 

I'm tickled pink I get to marry the man of my life, my best friend, my BOO!

Although I'll be gone and MIA from the blog visits I regularly do, don't stay away from my hood! I have posts scheduled and some guest posting goin' on!! Stay tuned my friends... and if I don't respond in the next two weeks, please know I LA LA LOVE YOU GUYS and I shall be on and poppin' when I get back... as a WIFE!!

What I Loved, Learned, and Laughed About

Happy Monday peeps! Hope your weekend was full of love, laughter and some!! Ours was full of boxing... that's right... my fiancé is a huge fan of Manny Pacquiao! I have to admit that I myself like watching him fight too! He's such a humble man, who is ooberly aggressive in the ring. Things were going just fine in our house... Pacquioa was dominating each round, and even scored higher than Bradley in 11 of the 12 rounds... and then BOOM!! Bradley was announced the winner and our mood in the house just turned super silent. Quite the disappointment to hear that Bradley was announced the new champ... even though the stats (and common sense) said otherwise!! WOMP!!

Good news is that we BBQ'd for the fight, and I had a scrummy turkey burger :) Gotta look on the bright side, right?? Anyhoots, moving on with Monday Funday's post... last week I brought up starting a series on this bloggy blog called my LLL's, which stands for Love, Learn, and Laugh (hence the title of my blog). Without further ado, here are my LLL's of the week!

LOVE

I love that I passed my final defense (if you haven't heard by now)!! It's just a huge accomplishment that I've been waiting for since the day I started grad school! WOOP WOOP!!

LEARN

I learned that this wedding is approaching me wayyyy faster than I imagined!! I've been so indulged with dissertating, that time has been just slippin' away from me... 9 days to be exact.... AHHHHHHHHH!!

LAUGH

I caught an I Love Lucy marathon on Friday AND Sunday, and I from the gut as I always do! I didn't even have to watch the tv to know what was happening... I've watched her episodes so many times, I knew exactly what was happening by hearing it all while I sat at my desk in my office! The episode where Lucy and Ethel bet Ricky and Fred that they can live from the 1900's was on, and watching Lucy knead the dough was hilarious!!

Those were my love, learn, and laugh moments from the week... What were your LLL's of the week?